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Resetting KS2 - a Teachmeet presentation
The document discusses the transition to a structured geography curriculum at King's Ely Prep, emphasizing the importance of sustainability in education. It outlines various sustainability efforts, including energy reduction initiatives and waste management strategies, while highlighting the challenges of maintaining these programs amidst curricular reforms. The goal is to create a more sustainable and environmentally conscious learning environment for students and staff.
Resetting KS2 - a Teachmeet presentation
- 1. Resetting KS2 Alan Parkinson King’sEly Prep @GeoBlogs
- 2. Moving from a creative curriculumto timetabled time for geography. Working with Y3-5 team for a year to develop new units.
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- 4. Sustainability There are variousaspects to this word to consider: - Social, Economic and Environmental sustainability - Easy to define, harder to achieve - Choice of examples is important when working with younger pupils.
- 5. Sustainability Shipping Containers -the Hive - Learning Support department. Maths: contents - size of an iPhone box. Tracking on MarineTraffic website
- 6. Doughnuts Kate Raworth, GAConference speaker
- 7. Cities - Amsterdam Circulareconomy by 2050 Exploring what makes cities sustainable. Paris 2024 - Olympics link https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/amsterdam-city-doughnut
- 8. Heatwaves - RMetSResource pack https://www.metlink.org/resource/heatwaves/
- 9. Green - EcoTeamefforts Battery Collection Big Plastic Count Energy Saving Monitors Recycling Glue Sticks / Pens / Crisp packets / Hard and soft plastics Fat collection from dining hall kitchens. Local sourcing of food Removal of plastic bottles across all catering
- 10. Sustainability of effort Thereare various workload issues when curriculum reform takes place. Sustaining the effort is difficult with the other priorities crowding in. Finding time for teams to get together is difficult. Draw on other resources to save time e.g. Oak National Academy / RMetS
- 11. SEEING RED Our annualconsumption levels were previously the equivalent of 388 domestic homes. Reduced that by over 40 homes worth. The aim of ‘Seeing R.E.D.’ (Reducing Energy Daily) was to persuade every single student and staff member across our 75-acre campus to be more aware about the energy they are using, and potentially wasting, and the impact that this is having on the environment. Donation of £2,650 to Crisis - saving energy
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